Arnold Henry Guyot Quote

To describe, without rising to the causes, or descending to the consequences, is no more science, than merely and simply to relate a fact of which one has been a witness.


The Earth and Man, Lecture I (p. 20), Gould & Lincoln. 1860


To describe, without rising to the causes, or descending to the consequences, is no more science, than merely and simply to relate a fact of which...

To describe, without rising to the causes, or descending to the consequences, is no more science, than merely and simply to relate a fact of which...

To describe, without rising to the causes, or descending to the consequences, is no more science, than merely and simply to relate a fact of which...

To describe, without rising to the causes, or descending to the consequences, is no more science, than merely and simply to relate a fact of which...